FIRST TRAINS ACROSS WESTERN SLAVONIA TO START FRIDAY

ZAGREB, May 3 (Hina) - Croatian Railways manager Bartol Ivanusa announced today that a train service across western Slavonia could be restored on Friday. "Our crews are at the spot, repairing the rails," he said. "We may realistically expect the Zagreb-Tovarnik railway to be in full repair tomorrow." Before the traffic is fully normalised, the area would be served only by diesel freight trains, because power lines needed lengthy repairs. The first trains were to travel only by day. Some of the repairs had already been carried out in the past few months under the Dec 2 Economic Agreement, according to Ivanusa. "We only need to continue what has already been started," he said. The Croatian Railways was preparing for rehabilitating other occupied railway lines, including the Zagreb-Knin-Split and the Vinkovci-Mirkovci line. (hina) mm as 031422 MET may 95